BBC Radio Suffolk
Places in Suffolk that tell a story of World War One
Newmarket, Suffolk: The Race Goes On
The July Course hosts the classics as other racecourses close down for the war years
Elveden Estate, Thetford: England’s Most Secret Place
The little known home of the first tanks
Woodbridge, Suffolk: Framlingham Memorial
The missing 20 men who never returned from the front line
Purdis Heath, Suffolk: Training Trenches
Training at home for the battlefield abroad
Hartest, Suffolk: The Mystery Coins
Discovering why men heading to war left these coins behind
Debenham, Suffolk: The War as Experienced by Kitchener’s Cousin
A new found freedom for this remote cider maker
Newmarket, Suffolk: The Race Must Go On
The July course hosts the classics as other racecourses close down for the war
Ipswich, Suffolk: The Field of Remembrance
The Ipswich women who led the way in remembrance
Theberton, Suffolk: Shooting Down a Zeppelin
One of the first ‘height climber’ Zeppelins is shot down at a farm in Theberton
Wickham Market, Suffolk: The Cyclist Batallion
Cyclists were popular in the army because of their speed and relative silence
Drinkstone, Suffolk: The Village’s War Memorial Institute
The village war memorial in Drinkstone that brings a community together
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: The Suffolk Regiment Goes to War
Some of the first Suffolk soldiers to serve overseas were territorials
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Capturing the War
Walton Burrell: the Suffolk man who spent the war years photographing life at home
Lowestoft, Suffolk: The Brothers Who Fed an Army
The Lowestoft tinned meat and vegetables that kept British soldiers fighting
Lowestoft, Suffolk: The Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre
The Lowestoft holiday home for soldiers opened in memory of Lord Kitchener
Shotley, Suffolk: First Major Naval Loss of WW1
Shotley, Suffolk: First Major Naval Loss of WW1
Lowestoft, Suffolk: Bombardment of April 1916
The attack that left locals homeless and fearing for their life
Marlesford, Suffolk: Flora Sandes
From vicar’s daughter to army officer – the only female soldier on the front line
Felixstowe, Suffolk: Pioneering Sea Plane Base
The hub of British innovation in seaplanes
Sudbury, Suffolk: A Headmaster’s Poem
The father who kept his children close to his heart on the front line
Orford Ness, Suffolk: Bombs, Parachutes and Camouflage
The secret research facility that changed air warfare forever




















